In ancient times, there was a scholar named Zhu Yunwen on the outskirts of Yingchuan City. He was very talented, but he failed in many trials and did not even gain the reputation of a scholar. When his parents saw that he was getting older, they advised him to marry, have childre

In ancient times, YingchuanThere was a scholar named Zhu Yunwen in the suburbs of Yingchuan. He was very talented, but he failed in many trials and did not even gain the reputation of a scholar. When his parents saw that he was getting older, they advised him to get married quickly, have children, and find another way out. Zhu Yunwen was so annoyed that he often sighed and said, "I don't understand what I can tell you. Hey, how can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?"

One spring afternoon, after Zhu Yunwen had lunch and had nothing to do at home, he went for a stroll outside the hospital. At that time, the spring breeze was blowing, flowers were blooming, and the scenery was pleasant. When Zhu Yunwen walked to a peach tree, he couldn't help but stop. My mother, Mrs. Qin, went out to do laundry and happened to see two bees flying around in front of the peach tree. She taunted Zhu Yunwen and said, "Look, these wild bees are all in pairs, but you are still alone. Are you ashamed?" Shame? There are three ways to be unfilial, the worst is to have no offspring. Do you want your neighbors to say that you are unfilial now?"

Zhu Yunwen felt very uncomfortable after hearing this, and said angrily, "Mom, I will do it tomorrow! Let’s get married. Go and find a matchmaker for me today!”

“You brat, are you going to kill me? Okay, just wait, I’ll go find the matchmaker Liu.” Jin put down the barrel and went out, hurriedly walking towards matchmaker Liu's house.

Zhu Yunwen suddenly panicked when he saw this. At this moment, two young women hurriedly passed by on the village road not far away. Several vicious dogs in the village followed them, barking wildly. The two women were frightened and shouted loudly, "Ah, help, help -"

screamed, and the two picked up their steps and started running away. Unexpectedly, as they ran away, the three vicious dogs barked more happily and chased them more closely. Zhu Yunwen was worried that the two of them would be bitten by vicious dogs, so he hurriedly broke off a branch and ran up, blocking the path of the three vicious dogs, "What are you barking at? Get out of here!"

Those three vicious dogs were afraid of the tough, and were eaten by others. Zhu Yunwen frightened him with a branch and turned around and ran away. As a result, he successfully saved the two women.

When the two women saw the vicious dog running away, they stopped. The cat couldn't help but breathe heavily. Zhu Yunwen took the opportunity to take a look at them. One of the women was dressed in an extraordinary way and looked very beautiful. At first glance, she was the daughter of a rich family. Although the other woman is also good-looking, she is obviously inferior to the rich lady. Moreover, she is dressed in ordinary clothes. At first glance, she is that lady's maid.

"Miss, are you okay?" Sure enough, after the maid took a few breaths, she asked the rich lady with concern.

When the rich lady waved her hand, she clearly felt that Zhu Yunwen was looking at him intently. She hurriedly blushed and said a blessing to him, "Thank you for saving my life just now. I don't know your surname? Another day." I will come to thank you."

"It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning." Zhu Yunwen was very interested in this young lady and wanted to have further communication with her, so he added, "The young man's surname is Zhu and his given name is Yunwen. He lives not far away. After that, he pointed in the direction of his home and said, "I don't think you two are from this village. You must be passing by here, right?"

"That's right!" the lady nodded and said. , "My friends and I went out for an outing. I didn't want to get separated from them, so we followed Qing'er here. Unexpectedly, as soon as we reached the entrance of the village, we were stared at by those three vicious dogs. I was really embarrassed just now. I hope you don't Weird."

"What's so embarrassing about this?" Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly and said, "You two ladies are going back to the city now, right? I'm fine, so I can send you there."

"That's great. That's all!" The rich lady was overjoyed and immediately expressed her gratitude to Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen said, "After talking for so long, I still don't know the lady's name."

"Our lady's surname is Liang and her name is Jingyi. She lives in the Liang family compound in the south of the city. I hope you can remember it well, sir." Qing'er saw the two of them look at each other. As a teaser, he quickly reported her lady’s name and address. Zhu Yunwen felt happy and worried at the same time.Fortunately, he could also see that this Miss Liang was interested in him, but he was worried that his family was too poor and might not be worthy of this Miss Liang.

"Master Zhu, what are you thinking about?" Liang Jingyi couldn't help but ask when she saw Zhu Yunwen buried his head in silence. Zhu Yunwen quickly blushed and said, "No, I didn't think anything of it."

"Then let me ask you, do you remember our lady's name and address?" Qing'er couldn't help but add another sentence. Liang Jingyi snickered and looked away from her and said, "It's annoying, no matter how big or small!"

"Remember it. Thank you Miss Qing'er for the tip." Zhu Yunwen saw that this smart maid intended to match them, and hurriedly added He cupped his fists and saluted her. Qing'er suddenly felt that this scholar knew etiquette, so he said, "Tomorrow at six o'clock, my lady will go to the nunnery to burn incense and pray. I wish you, if nothing happens to you, you might as well follow us, so that I can feel safe."

"I will be fine tomorrow. I am willing to go with you two ladies." Although he felt a little inferior, Zhu Yunwen couldn't refuse the kind invitation from the beauty.

"Hate it, I can't decide tomorrow's matters yet, why do you make an opinion for me?" Liang Jingyi gave Qing'er an angry look on the surface, but she was filled with joy in her heart.

Unconsciously, Zhu Yunwen followed the two of them to the gate of Nancheng. At this time, Liang Jingyi said with some embarrassment, "Mr. Zhu, we are entering the city soon. It's time for you to go back. You have been too troubled today."

"It's just a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning. Miss Liang, I'll take my leave first." It's time tomorrow, I'll be waiting here, see you there or not." Zhu Yunwen clasped his fists and turned around reluctantly. Liang Jingyi also wanted to see the scholar again, so she took advantage of the donkey path down the slope and said, "See you tomorrow!"

Zhu Yunwen returned home at Shenshi (15:00-17:00) that day. When Mrs. Qin saw her son coming back, she hurriedly asked, "Where have you been, kid? Why are you back now? By the way, matchmaker Liu said that she will take you to Wang Doufu's house in the neighboring village tomorrow to walk around. You quickly find a set of decent clothes." Come out."

Wang Doufu is an old man in his fifties. He has made a lot of money by selling tofu for more than 30 years and built several tile-roofed houses at home. Her daughter, Chunhua, had a black birthmark as big as a palm on her face, and she was still unmarried in her thirties. Although Zhu Yunwen has never seen it, he often hears people talk about it. Therefore, when he heard my mother say that matchmaker Liu wanted to introduce her to him, he felt bad. He immediately lowered his face and said, "Mom, even if I am in trouble, I won't marry that Chunhua as my wife, right?"

"Although Chunhua is She's not pretty, but she's round - she can give birth to babies and help our Lao Zhu family have successors, so don't be picky, after all, you're not young anymore." What my mother Qin said made me even more excited. Zhu Yunwen was furious. In order to avoid this unfortunate marriage, he had to move out of Miss Liang, whom he had just met, and said, "To be honest with you, I already have a candidate for marriage. I will bring him back to see dad and you in a few days."

"Did you say this less often before? My ears are ringing with cocoons, but have you brought back a wife in these years? Stop playing tricks with me. I must go to Wang Doufu's house with me tomorrow. " Mrs. Qin thought that Zhu Yunwen was lying to him again, so she gave him a death order.

Of course Zhu Yunwen would not listen to my mother. Early the next morning, he went to the city to find Liang Jingyi. Miss Liang was also thinking about the scholar named Zhu, so she took Qing'er out of the city before Si Shi arrived. The three of them naturally met at the gate of the city, so on that day, Zhu Yunwen acted as the flower protector for Liang Jingyi.

Liang Jingyi actually went to the nunnery to burn incense and pray, and then the three of them went for an outing to the nearby Peach Blossom Mountain. In order to give the two of them a chance to be alone, Qing'er would often sneak aside in the name of looking for water. These two people took full advantage of the opportunity, spoke freely, and got along with each other wholeheartedly. After two or three days of this, the relationship will naturally deepen.

That afternoon, when Zhu Yunwen sent Liang Jingyi back to the city, Liang Jingyi suddenly said with a frown, "Touring the mountains and rivers with Brother Zhu these past two days was really the happiest time for Jingyi. It's just that this kind of time will not be the best in the future." Never again -"

"If Miss Liang is still free tomorrow, Zhu is willing to accompany her again." Zhu Yunwen still didn't understand what he meant, Qing'er couldn't hold it anymore, "Mr. Liu from Dongcheng will come to our Liang tomorrow. This annoying Mr. Liu has come here several times to propose marriage. "

"Is this Mr. Liu called Liu Meng?" Zhu Yunwen felt sad when he heard this. Qing'er nodded and said, "Exactly! Does Brother Zhu also know about Mr. Liu? He is really notorious!"

"I have met him once or twice." Zhu Yunwen not only knew this Liu Meng, but also took the exam with him When I was young, I was bullied by him and hated him deeply.

"Since you know him, you should know what he is like. Think about it, if our lady marries a playboy like him who bullies others and spends his days eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, what good life will we have in the future?" Qing'er rushed to speak again.

Liang Jingyi kept frowning and saying nothing. Zhu Yunwen became anxious and asked quickly, "What can Zhu do to help Miss Liang?"

"Isn't this simple? You also came to our Liang Mansion to propose marriage! Haven't you seen that our lady is special? Do you like me?" Qing'er asked again.

"This——" Zhu Yunwen was hesitant. Seeing this, Liang Jingyi couldn't help but said with a stern face, "What is this? Do you still look down on me?"

"No, no, no, Zhu is not talented, Zhu is afraid that he is not good enough for Miss Liang." Zhu Yunwen hurriedly waved his hand to explain.

Qing'er smiled and said, "You idiot, aren't you just a little poor - oh no, aren't you just not as rich and powerful as the Liu Meng family? But our lady doesn't value this, she is interested in you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let you accompany me to travel around in the past two days. "

"Thank you, Miss, for your kindness." Zhu Yunwen felt quite ashamed. Liang Jingyi calmed down and said, "So you have no objection to me? Then you can come to my house with the matchmaker tomorrow to propose marriage. As long as you come, I will marry you."

"Okay." "This time, Zhu Yunwen nodded without hesitation. Liang Jingyi was so happy that she took out a large banknote and stuffed it into Zhu Yunwen's hand. Qing'er quickly said, "This is the private money that Miss has saved over the years. All of it is given to you. Don't let her down, otherwise I will come to the ends of the world with you to avenge her."

"Miss, I wish you the best, I wish you Yunwen It's so unforgettable, how could I betray her?" Zhu Yunwen originally didn't want to accept the banknote, but then he thought about it, if he didn't have the money, what would he use to propose marriage to the Liang Mansion? Is it just sincerity? This is definitely not possible! Because Liang Jingyi’s parents are both profit-seeking people!

That night, after returning home, my mother Qin came to urge the marriage again. Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to tell the whole story about his relationship with Miss Liang. After hearing this, Mrs. Qin and Mr. Zhu both felt that this boy was talking nonsense. But when he took out the banknote Liang Jingyi gave him, the old couple finally believed him. Mrs. Qin, who was extremely happy, immediately patted her chest and said, "I will go to the matchmaker Liu immediately and ask her to go to the Liang Mansion with you to propose marriage tomorrow. With her sharp tongue, she will definitely be able to get it done."

Early the next morning, matchmaker Liu Guozhen followed Zhu Yunwen into the city. Zhu Yunwen first bought some gifts, then wrote a post and sent it to Liang Mansion. Liang Jingyi's father, Liang Wankang, had never heard of Zhu Yunwen's name, and he knew that Liu Meng would come to propose marriage on this day, so he directly asked his servants to send Zhu Yunwen away.

Liang Jingyi had been waiting for news from Zhu Yunwen since she got up early in the morning, so when he sent the post to his door, she had been standing outside Liang Wankang's door and eavesdropped. When she heard that her father didn't even want to see Zhu Yunwen, she felt extremely unhappy and couldn't help but push open the door and said, "Dad, even if I die, I will not marry that Mr. Liu.If you take pity on me, tell me to others. "

"Master, I just saw a handsome scholar outside the door. I think he is a good match for our young lady." Qing'er took the opportunity to say. Liang Wankang is such a daughter. He has always regarded her as the apple of his eye, so naturally he did not dare to force her. She couldn't help but said with a stern face, "Okay then, let them in! "

" Then my daughter, please avoid it first! "Liang Jingyi pretended to retreat behind the curtain of the guest room. Qing'er was worried that Zhu Yunwen would feel psychological pressure when seeing her, so she also retreated.

Soon, Zhu Yunwen and matchmaker Liu were brought into the guest room. They saw Liang Wankang's majestic appearance and sitting upright. Above, he quickly bent down to salute him. Liang Wankang glanced at Zhu Yunwen and saw that he was handsome and talented. He also saw that he had given some nice gifts, so he smiled and said, "Aren't you from Yingchuan?" I have been here for many years, how come I have never seen such a handsome person like you? "

Liang Jingyi felt secretly happy when she heard this from behind the curtain.

Zhu Yunwen clasped her fists and replied, "My parents and I live in the suburbs. Apart from studying, we rarely go out to hang out. Naturally, the master has never seen her. "

As soon as Liang Wankang heard the word "suburban", he felt that this boy's family background was not very good, and a trace of displeasure showed on his face involuntarily. At this time, Liu Meng also came to the door with a matchmaker and gifts, Liang Mansion The servants didn't dare to stop him, so Liu Meng rushed into the guest room and caught Liang Wankang and Zhu Yunwen off guard.

Zhu Yunwen was very nervous when he saw Liu Meng, and Liang Wankang was no exception, but this guy was very good at heart. , he quickly stood up and greeted Liu Meng, "Oh, Mr. Liu, why are you here so early? What a rare visitor! "

" Father-in-law, do you only allow others to come, but not me? Liu Meng sneered and glanced sideways at Liang Wankang, then walked up to Zhu Yunwen, raised his hand suddenly, grabbed his chin and looked at him carefully and said, "Hey, isn't this the poor scholar named Zhu?" What are you doing here? "

"I, I -" Zhu Yunwen stuttered in fright. The matchmaker Liu, who was usually eloquent, also buried her head and remained silent at this time. The matchmaker Zhang brought by Liu Meng knew her and had known about her for a long time. He couldn't help but sneered coldly, "Mr. Liu, this old woman is a matchmaker for poor people. "

Liang Wankang and Liang Jingyi felt very uncomfortable after hearing this. Liu Meng laughed even more when he heard this, "You poor people, how dare you come here to propose marriage? It really makes people laugh out loud! "

" What happened to the poor? Mr. Zhu is a poor man but has great ambitions. Mr. Liu has no business being here to make sarcastic remarks. "Liang Jingyi couldn't listen anymore, and quickly walked out from behind the curtain to rescue Zhu Yunwen. When Liang Wankang saw this, he already knew that his beloved daughter had something to do with this poor scholar, and felt very uneasy.

Liu Meng knew Zhu Yunwen's details, and smiled again, "Master Zhu, it is true that a poor person has a strong ambition. I have taken several exams in the past few years, but I haven't even gained the reputation of being a scholar. No matter how bad I am, Liu, I am still a scholar! "

As soon as he said this, Zhu Yunwen didn't dare to say anything, and the matchmaker Liu blushed instantly. Only the matchmakers Zhang and Liang Wankang pretended to flatter Liu Meng and praised him, "Young master Liu is so talented! "

" Mr. Liu is so capable, do you dare to let our lady take the exam? I would like to see, who is more powerful, the scholar or the poor scholar? "Qing'er was very unconvinced and immediately insulted him. Liu Meng realized that he was very talented and couldn't help but said arrogantly, "What can I not dare to do? I'm afraid this poor scholar doesn't have the guts. "

Zhu Yunwen was sweating coldly, but still didn't dare to speak. Liang Jingyi was anxious and asked him with her eyes wide open, "Are you really afraid? Let me say something! "

" I - I can try, please give me the question. "Zhu Yunwen replied bravely.This is what

is waiting for! Liang Jingyi blurted out without thinking, "I'll test you first with a pair. Whoever can match up well will win!"

"Okay!" Neither of them had any objections, so Liang Jingyi said, "Three generations of Xia, Shang and Zhou——"

"Three generations of Xia, Shang and Zhou?" Liu Meng thought while spinning in circles, pretending to be deep in thought. Zhu Yunwen said without hesitation, "Ode to the Elegance of the Four Books!"

"Oh, that's wonderful!" Liang Wankang knew a lot about writing. Hearing the neat contrast of this sentence, he couldn't help but also applaud Zhu Yunwen. Seeing this, Qing'er quickly clapped her hands and shouted, "I wish you great master!"

"Master Liu, have you thought about it?" Seeing that Liu Meng was still speechless, Liang Jingyi couldn't help but sneered and asked. Liu Meng said without shame, "This is what I thought of, but this poor scholar said it first!"

Liang Jingyi said, "Okay, I will ask another question, and you will answer it first this time. You can Listen up - the moon in the water is the moon in the sky! "

The moon in the water is the moon in the sky? Liu Meng thought for a long time, but couldn't think of the next sentence. Liang Jingyi couldn't help but smile and asked Zhu Yunwen, "Mr. Zhu, have you thought of it?"

Zhu Yunwen blushed and said, "The person in front of me is the one I love!"

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Liang Wankang nodded repeatedly, and Qing'er quickly clapped her hands and shouted, " Zhu Gongzi is awesome!"

Liu Meng didn't respond twice in a row, so he was naturally blushing with embarrassment. Of course, he also hated Zhu Yunwen even more. So, after leaving the Liang Mansion, he shouted, "My surname is Zhu, I am incompatible with you."

On this day, although Zhu Yunwen gained some favor from Liang Wankang, he still looked down upon him. Especially after he sent his servant Wang Cheng to find out the details of Zhu Yunwen's family, he didn't want to marry Liang Jingyi to him. So he shamelessly found Liu Meng quietly to discuss countermeasures. Liu Meng was filled with joy and gave Liang Wankang a box of gold and silver jewelry and a night-light pearl. He said, "My father-in-law, I leave this matter to you. You know, I have a soft spot for Jingyi. As long as I marry her, I promise Be good to her all your life."

"Don't worry, she is yours, she can't run away!" Although the Liang family is rich, it is not rich, so Liang Wankang still tries every means to make money. Now that he had gained a lot of money from Liu Meng, he naturally wanted to choose him as his son-in-law. However, he couldn't refuse Zhu Yunwen openly, because he knew very well in his heart that his beloved daughter was facing him. So, he came up with a vicious plan -

On this day, Liang Wankang deliberately said in front of Liang Jingyi that he wanted to recruit Scholar Zhu as his son-in-law, so he wrote a post and asked his servant Hou Yong to invite Zhu Yunwen to his house as a guest. Let's discuss marriage with him. Zhu Yunwen believed it to be true, so he went happily. When they arrived at the Liang Mansion, Liang Wankang welcomed him warmly. During the meal, the two of them drank and chatted. Liang Wankang lied that he admired Zhu Yunwen's talent and kept urging him to drink. Zhu Yunwen thought that this was his future father-in-law, so it was hard to refuse. So I drank one glass after another. As a result, I was so drunk that I was drunk from the afternoon of that day until the morning of the next day when I gradually woke up.

"Ah!" Just when Zhu Yunwen opened his eyes, a scream suddenly came from around him. Only then did he realize that he was naked and sleeping on a big bed. Beside him, there was a young woman who was also undressed. This woman was Jing'er, the personal maid of Liang Wankang's wife He.

As Jing'er shouted, He quickly broke into the room with several servants and caught Zhu Yunwen. The charge was naturally that he was drunk and had sex and did something he shouldn't have done. Zhu Yunwen looked at the crying Jing'er and knew that he had been framed, but he couldn't defend himself and had to admit defeat. He had already been ordered by Liang Wankang, so he ordered everyone to beat up Zhu Yunwen before sending him to the Yamen.

Liang Jingyi obviously didn’t believe that Zhu Yunwen had done something stupid, so she went to Jing’er many times and asked her when Zhu Yunwen broke into her room, because she saw the servant with her own eyes after Zhu Yunwen fell drunk on the table that day. Wang Cheng helped him into the west wing to rest.There was still a distance of seven or eight steps between the west wing and the room where Jing'er lived. How did he find it in his drunken state? Jing'er did something wrong, so she naturally didn't dare to say anything. In order to cover up her heart, she could only cry and said, "Miss, Jing'er was ruined by that scholar. It's already very unfortunate. Please don't ask again." This is the matter."

Liang Jingyi had no choice but to ask Wang Cheng again. Wang Cheng listened to Liang Wankang, so what he said was naturally not conducive to Zhu Yunwen. In the end, after Zhu Yunwen was beaten dozens of times, he was sent to the border to serve as a soldier. He was also blessed with great fortune. Not long after he went to the frontier, the war broke out. Because of his bravery in battle and his bravery and strategy, this boy was promoted from an ordinary soldier to a guerrilla general in less than five years.

Later, Zhu Yunwen returned to his hometown in fine clothes and returned to Yingchuan. The Yingchuan County Magistrate personally went out of the city to greet him. When Liang Wankang heard the news, he was paralyzed with fear, because after Zhu Yunwen was sent to the frontier, his beloved daughter Liang Jingyi and her personal maid Qing'er had disappeared. Mr. Liu, who had always called him father-in-law, was not only disrespectful to him He ignored it and even returned all the gifts he gave that day. Liang Wankang simply regretted it... 14　
　

　

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